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how much, the u.s. does have a real edge. one is, there is a certain optimism that knowledge will generate innovation and improvement. and that optimism is really, really important. and secondly, there is enough capital and a wish to take risks -- >> capital in terms of financial capital? >> financial capital now i'm talking about. not just intellectual capital. you need intellectual capital but you then need the financial capital to actually drive that. and you have to have people who are prepared to take a risk because you can't say if it worked and who have awe long-term view. there's a bit of a problem with the stock market. if you just look for short-term profit, i mean, that's a bit of an issue because if you do that, then there will be, i think, a natural focus. gosh, you're making me talk about economics now. i'm a yeast biologist. >> rose: i never heard you say that, "i'm a yeast biologist.". >> i work on yeast. i mean, if you were trying to make money how would you most reliably make money? you could make money by m
how much, the u.s. does have a real edge. one is, there is a certain optimism that knowledge will generate innovation and improvement. and that optimism is really, really important. and secondly, there is enough capital and a wish to take risks -- >> capital in terms of financial capital? >> financial capital now i'm talking about. not just intellectual capital. you need intellectual capital but you then need the financial capital to actually drive that. and you have to have people...
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side, check their luggage on the u.s. side, pay a toll to walk across. we're doing the same thing with the truck entry. truck weight right now is six to eight hours to cross the border coming north. toll crossing that would be built privately and would collect a toll would ease that traffic to probably 20 minutes and save a lot of work in terms of the environment and a lot of other things that will ease congestion. >> small one. we had, in 2008 when the crises hit us, we have ice rinks and we had to close some of them. now in a partnership we will run all five. more hours, more equipment, more programming and more young people being served. we don't have to run those ourselves. >> the city of houston, we so envy central park here and millennium park. we built that downtown so people say we missed our shot. 14 acres right in the middle of downtown built a park when i was mayor. about 60% done with private funds. and maintained with a conservancy that is two thirds private funds. if you challenge citizens they'll come forward. but i tell you what, don't te
side, check their luggage on the u.s. side, pay a toll to walk across. we're doing the same thing with the truck entry. truck weight right now is six to eight hours to cross the border coming north. toll crossing that would be built privately and would collect a toll would ease that traffic to probably 20 minutes and save a lot of work in terms of the environment and a lot of other things that will ease congestion. >> small one. we had, in 2008 when the crises hit us, we have ice rinks...
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china and taiwan fighting for control, and the u.s. as well. it was the u.s. stomping ground after the cold war. now hillary clinton, the area is really getting quite extreme. if you get countries disappearing, that well-balanced geopolitical passports starts to shift in ways we haven't considered and should be considering. >> global warming is the book, how environmental, economic and political crises -- >> booktv has 48 hours of nonfiction authors and book programming every weekend from saturday to monday morning at 8:00 eastern. to get the complete we can schedule the mailed to you every week signed up for the booktv alert on booktv.org. or text of the word book to 99702. standard message and data rates of 5. nonfiction authors and books every weekend on c-span2. >> local content vehicles traveling the country visiting cities and towns as we export our nation's history and some of the authors who touch the ball on it through work. this weekend on booktv we take you to downtown indianapolis for a look at the new kurt vonnegut memorial library. >> kurt vonneg
china and taiwan fighting for control, and the u.s. as well. it was the u.s. stomping ground after the cold war. now hillary clinton, the area is really getting quite extreme. if you get countries disappearing, that well-balanced geopolitical passports starts to shift in ways we haven't considered and should be considering. >> global warming is the book, how environmental, economic and political crises -- >> booktv has 48 hours of nonfiction authors and book programming every...
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are they still talking about it, and also a question is that some of the boys who went over to the u.s., to america, were really young. they were as young as 6 or 10 years old. how did they survive this whole adaptation to america? >> well, i'll answer the first question briefly. they are very well-known in china because first of all, out of the 120, a good 40-45 are tremendously impressive men. the engineer, the prime minister, one was a man who convinced britain to recede, but they are men of many accomplishments. to the other question, how did they survive this strenuous journey to america. we're talking about new england in the 19th century, good puritan tradition. you sat around the dinner table, you want to eat, you have to call what you want to eat in english, if you don't know bread, potatoes, and meat, you're not getting anything. other than that, they learned very fast. >> by the time they got back to china, they were still quite young, like 22 years old, and could they make a difference in china? >> well, by the time they got to china, they were young. they were sent, again,
are they still talking about it, and also a question is that some of the boys who went over to the u.s., to america, were really young. they were as young as 6 or 10 years old. how did they survive this whole adaptation to america? >> well, i'll answer the first question briefly. they are very well-known in china because first of all, out of the 120, a good 40-45 are tremendously impressive men. the engineer, the prime minister, one was a man who convinced britain to recede, but they are...
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are they still talking about -- another question is some of the boys who went over to the u.s. to america were very young. they were as young as 6 or 10 years old. how did they find this adaptation to america? >> i will answer the first question briefly. they are very well known in china because many of them -- 120, a good 45 are tremendously impressive men. the prime minister, the engineer, the diplomat, the man who convinced britain to -- men of many accomplishments. as to your other question, how did they survive this strenuous journey to america? we are talking about new england in the nineteenth century. good old puritan tradition. you were sitting around the dinner table you need to know how to call what you eat in english. under that system of education your learn english very fast. >> by the time they got back to china, they were still quite young. they were 20 years google turtle 23 years old and could they make a difference in china? >> by the time they got to shine as a% to all these menial tasks. it took from ten years to come into their own as men. when they did, d
are they still talking about -- another question is some of the boys who went over to the u.s. to america were very young. they were as young as 6 or 10 years old. how did they find this adaptation to america? >> i will answer the first question briefly. they are very well known in china because many of them -- 120, a good 45 are tremendously impressive men. the prime minister, the engineer, the diplomat, the man who convinced britain to -- men of many accomplishments. as to your other...
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although african-american comprise only 12% of the u.s. population they make up 41% of the nation's prison population. joining me to discuss the incarceration crisis are barry scheck, attorney for the innocence project, monifa, program manager for the national coalition on black civic participation and michael rd, trial lawyer and activist. thank you for joining us. i think the most stunning number i've ever seen is the fact that in 1970, there were only somewhere between 250 and 300,000 people incarcerated in the whole country. 40 years later, 2.5 million people are incarcerated. how do we get from 250,000 in 1970 to 2.5 million in 2011? how does that happen? >> very simple. two things happened within our sentencing system. the first was, mand other minimum sentences. in state and federal courts. just completely took discretion away from judges and few -- if you committed certain crimes you were going to prison for long periods that's it. those were most often associated with drug laws. and the drug laws alone during that period are what
although african-american comprise only 12% of the u.s. population they make up 41% of the nation's prison population. joining me to discuss the incarceration crisis are barry scheck, attorney for the innocence project, monifa, program manager for the national coalition on black civic participation and michael rd, trial lawyer and activist. thank you for joining us. i think the most stunning number i've ever seen is the fact that in 1970, there were only somewhere between 250 and 300,000 people...
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are they still talking about it, and another question is, some of the boys who went over to the u.s., to america, were very young. they were as young as six or seven years old. how did they survive this whole adaptation to america? >> well, i will answer the first question briefly. they are very well-known in china. first of all because many of them -- i would say out of the 120 a good 40 or 45 work immensely impressive man. again the prime minister, the engineer, the diplomat. one of them was the man who convinced written to sort of see tibet. bury our man of many come fishman's. as you are the question, how did they survive this really strenuous journey to america? we are talking about new england in the 19th century, sort of goodwill. ten tradition. you were sitting around the dinner table. you want to eat, you better know how you want to call what you want to read in english. if you don't know ray pettitte is an meet and meet you ain't getting them. that is an education that they learned english very fast. >> but they come back to china, they were still quite young. they were like
are they still talking about it, and another question is, some of the boys who went over to the u.s., to america, were very young. they were as young as six or seven years old. how did they survive this whole adaptation to america? >> well, i will answer the first question briefly. they are very well-known in china. first of all because many of them -- i would say out of the 120 a good 40 or 45 work immensely impressive man. again the prime minister, the engineer, the diplomat. one of...
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. >> in the u.s., about 2/3 of the population lives in areas that are prone to landslides. about $2 billion of damage occurs annually from landslides. unfortunately, 20-25 million people die as a result of landslides o. >> much of the coastline is either a bright red or a beige print th. >> here we are at the base of telegraph hill on lombard street. this iswned by the city. behind you is a large piece of something exposed. you are looking at a large class that was xextricated in a quarry about hundred years ago. this is a secretive sandstones, shales, accumulated debris. essentially it ended up piled up here. the quarry activity was so intense and they used some much at dynamite that the kind of over blasted. 10 feet of the face was left shattered. you can see the fresh colors and a pile of debris which is precariously perched on the edge of a cliff up there. it is more fresh and more recent than the rest. it stands out because there's no vegetation. there is no weathering of material. those are the kinds of things you look for. >> there are many types of slides. there is
. >> in the u.s., about 2/3 of the population lives in areas that are prone to landslides. about $2 billion of damage occurs annually from landslides. unfortunately, 20-25 million people die as a result of landslides o. >> much of the coastline is either a bright red or a beige print th. >> here we are at the base of telegraph hill on lombard street. this iswned by the city. behind you is a large piece of something exposed. you are looking at a large class that was xextricated...
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china and taiwan fighting for control, and the u.s. as well. it was the u.s. stomping ground after the cold war. now hillary clinton, the area is really getting quite extreme. if you get countries disappearing, that well-balanced geopolitical passports starts to shift in ways we haven't considered and should be considering. >> global warming is the book, how environmental, economic and political crises -- >> booktv has 48 hours of nonfiction authors and book programming every weekend from saturday to monday morning at 8:00 eastern. to get the complete we can schedule the mailed to you every week signed up for the booktv alert on booktv.org. or text of the word book to 99702. standard message and data rates of 5. nonfiction authors and books every weekend on c-span2. >> local content vehicles traveling the country visiting cities and towns as we export our nation's history and some of the authors who touch the ball on it through work. this weekend on booktv we take you to downtown indianapolis for a look at the new kurt vonnegut memorial library. >> kurt vonneg
china and taiwan fighting for control, and the u.s. as well. it was the u.s. stomping ground after the cold war. now hillary clinton, the area is really getting quite extreme. if you get countries disappearing, that well-balanced geopolitical passports starts to shift in ways we haven't considered and should be considering. >> global warming is the book, how environmental, economic and political crises -- >> booktv has 48 hours of nonfiction authors and book programming every...
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debt because we were a consuming society. >> within the u.s. you have people who borrowed, okay. the person who did the wrong thing, namely take a mortgage when they should not have borrowed that much much money, okay. it's being bailed out when the person who saved money is now on the threatf high inflation to bail the other person out with a little bit of inflation. to me, there is a moral problem. there are two moral problems. no one, the innocent is paying for the mistake. the innocent the person who did the right thing is paying for mistakes of those who did the wrong thing and the second one we by borrowing, by running this now trillion plus deficit, we are transferring the risk to futuregen race. it may work out but they should not be the ones to bear, that's the romans held is that a child shall not be responsible for the sins of his father. >> charlie: so do you accept the principles of the deficit reduction a way to begin to deal with the deficit proposed by them? >> i have not followed. i don't follow. they did the that for me except for the uk because of my closeness
debt because we were a consuming society. >> within the u.s. you have people who borrowed, okay. the person who did the wrong thing, namely take a mortgage when they should not have borrowed that much much money, okay. it's being bailed out when the person who saved money is now on the threatf high inflation to bail the other person out with a little bit of inflation. to me, there is a moral problem. there are two moral problems. no one, the innocent is paying for the mistake. the...
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as you point out, the precursor for heparin that is used in the u.s. and manufactured by u.s. manufacturers, but much of the precursor comes from china, which i think has more pigs than any place in the world. >> we have a lot in ohio, too, and we would like to compete in this market. >> but it cost, as you pointed out, serious allergic reactions and many deaths. >> do we know how many deaths yet? >> in terms of the documented deaths, i think -- nine >> why is it impossible to know? >> because sometimes the providers don't make the association between the death of a patient and the contaminated heparin. they often have complex medical illnesses, and when a person expires, the connection was not necessarily made that it was because of the heparin. as with all the investigation and we began to understand the and between the hepaeriarin fatalities, we know that it took a serious toll. in response, we have put in place and number of protective measures, a new screening tests and safety systems, also working with regulatory authorities in china on this and working with the private
as you point out, the precursor for heparin that is used in the u.s. and manufactured by u.s. manufacturers, but much of the precursor comes from china, which i think has more pigs than any place in the world. >> we have a lot in ohio, too, and we would like to compete in this market. >> but it cost, as you pointed out, serious allergic reactions and many deaths. >> do we know how many deaths yet? >> in terms of the documented deaths, i think -- nine >> why is it...
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it's thought that u.s. jets dropped forty bombs on a major they've been ethelbert more american and european forces arrive but it's raining basis to join the military action there to help decide later today whether to take part in the strikes operation against colonel gadhafi regime has been the most part france britain and united states and certainly forty eight people have reportedly been killed and fifty others wounded after the national coalition forces on the east war planes and missiles over libya about twenty they've been defense targets have been hit in the west of the country by more than one hundred missiles from the sea. and promises to confront what he calls the attacks on clinton crusader when asked for an urgent un security council meeting discussed in the city international action for the u.n. resolution one that no noise had been forced to stop bloodshed on the ground i mean russia and china and some purpose disagreed. it's essential by western nations but when the. when people cross our cov
it's thought that u.s. jets dropped forty bombs on a major they've been ethelbert more american and european forces arrive but it's raining basis to join the military action there to help decide later today whether to take part in the strikes operation against colonel gadhafi regime has been the most part france britain and united states and certainly forty eight people have reportedly been killed and fifty others wounded after the national coalition forces on the east war planes and missiles...
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time of the peace negotiations of the end of the war and which benjamin franklin was one of the key u.s. negotiators and over the course of many months the five peace negotiators are meeting in paris and hashing out the terms of the independence of the united states and there are lots of sticking points along the way that there was until they get to the one of last one and the kind of fall of 1782i guess it is, and the sticking point concerns whether the u.s. is going to be made responsible for giving compensation to loyalist whose property is the confiscated during the war, and on this point most of the other american negotiators are okay with it adams and john jay that when gen franklin will not give in on this point and he says if you grant compensation i'm not going to sign the treaty. we have to keep on fighting the war. so if you want the reverse, you know, and it anticipates his own leader access of sort of property related vengeance. he writes william out of his will leader and the two rarely ever meet again. and i think they do better and what i think about most is getting into
time of the peace negotiations of the end of the war and which benjamin franklin was one of the key u.s. negotiators and over the course of many months the five peace negotiators are meeting in paris and hashing out the terms of the independence of the united states and there are lots of sticking points along the way that there was until they get to the one of last one and the kind of fall of 1782i guess it is, and the sticking point concerns whether the u.s. is going to be made responsible for...
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new york is the most densely populated city in the u.s. and over 40 million tourists visit the city every year. the 1.3 billion gallons of water required every day are delivered by a system of extraordinary scale and complex engineering.
new york is the most densely populated city in the u.s. and over 40 million tourists visit the city every year. the 1.3 billion gallons of water required every day are delivered by a system of extraordinary scale and complex engineering.
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he will give an update on the situation there including the u.s. -- including the u.s. actions. that is the president's speech on libya tonight at 7:30 p.m. eastern live on c-span and on cspan radio. >> as protests continued in the middle east and nato is set to take control of military operations in libya, find a letter from the u.n. security officials, and searchable on the cspan video library. ♪ ♪ >> this week, charles blow, the visual op-ed columnist for "the new york times." >> charles blow, your biography starts with this, charles below is the visual op-ed columnist for "the new york times" since april 2000 age. 8 and features charts as a form of opinion journalism. what is this all about? >> it is pretty much as it says. i am a numbers guy. i'm a trend spotter. i use charts to visualize those trends. i use those charts in my opinion pieces and build the opinion out of the chart. for me, the data comes first. i do not decide i will talk about a subject and well and look for data, i search for data first and see if it says something interesting and something that agrees
he will give an update on the situation there including the u.s. -- including the u.s. actions. that is the president's speech on libya tonight at 7:30 p.m. eastern live on c-span and on cspan radio. >> as protests continued in the middle east and nato is set to take control of military operations in libya, find a letter from the u.n. security officials, and searchable on the cspan video library. ♪ ♪ >> this week, charles blow, the visual op-ed columnist for "the new york...
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>>reporter: 2 of the 3 judges on the u.s. circuit court of appeals panel are from san probably already familiar with the disputed voting system. since 2004 the rank choice system has allowed san francisco voters to pick the top 3 choices in a race. if no candidate collects majority of first place ballot, the person who comes in last is eliminated. and those who chose that candidate have the vote transferred to the second choice or third until someone wins. recent poll found voter confusion but steven hill the architect of the system says other survey indicate voter understand. >> that doesn't mean necessarily they could sit down and count the ballot for you. but they understand what they have to do as voters. that is to rank 1, 2, 3 and they feel comfortable doing that. >>reporter: ron is lead plaintiff trying to undo rank choice. he was unsuccessful candidate for supervisor in 2006. >> i believe it is not a constitutional system because vote versus no ability to be able to say who the final 3 candidates are. >> what they are
>>reporter: 2 of the 3 judges on the u.s. circuit court of appeals panel are from san probably already familiar with the disputed voting system. since 2004 the rank choice system has allowed san francisco voters to pick the top 3 choices in a race. if no candidate collects majority of first place ballot, the person who comes in last is eliminated. and those who chose that candidate have the vote transferred to the second choice or third until someone wins. recent poll found voter...
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. >> so they are a u.s. government employee? >> yes. what is left after the it recent financial crisis that has not been corrected? >> the regulations associated and specifics of how various instruments will be treated and regulated is under negotiations. the treatment of how bankruptcy proceedings will affect the rights of creditors is still up in the air. there are many areas of dodd- frank that were left for further review that have not happen. we have two-thirds of the biggest hedge funds here in the new york area. they are all wondering how are these systemic risk definitions going to affect them? there is a whole range of uncertainty about what the rollout of the regulations will do. that has had a role in retarding investment and job creation. you have many financial people standing on the side. there was a discussion in the last couple of months about banks and their capitalization requirements. if you did not have 20% down to buy a home the banks will have to treat you as higher risk capital. having worked much of my career to
. >> so they are a u.s. government employee? >> yes. what is left after the it recent financial crisis that has not been corrected? >> the regulations associated and specifics of how various instruments will be treated and regulated is under negotiations. the treatment of how bankruptcy proceedings will affect the rights of creditors is still up in the air. there are many areas of dodd- frank that were left for further review that have not happen. we have two-thirds of the...
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new york is the most densely populated city in the u.s. and over 40 million tourists visit the city every year. the 1.3 billion gallons of water required every day are delivered by a system of extraordinary scale and complex engineering. man: water is essential to the economic viability of new york city. reliable infrastructure and reliable delivery of water is a must. you have to reinvest in the infrastructure every single minute to keep it current. hurwitz: we have the stock exchange, we have the united nations -- failure can have a dramatic impact on the nation, and even internationally. so there's a really keen awareness that you always have to be fixing the system. things corrode, they rust. they get to where you turn them on and nothing happens. but it is so totally used in every nook and cranny, that making any accommodation to shut it down, to do something to it, is very difficult. narrator: two massive underground tunnels, called simply tunnel 1 and tunnel 2, provide most of the city's water supply. they run hundreds of feet below
new york is the most densely populated city in the u.s. and over 40 million tourists visit the city every year. the 1.3 billion gallons of water required every day are delivered by a system of extraordinary scale and complex engineering. man: water is essential to the economic viability of new york city. reliable infrastructure and reliable delivery of water is a must. you have to reinvest in the infrastructure every single minute to keep it current. hurwitz: we have the stock exchange, we have...
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. >> so they are a u.s. government employee. >> yes. >> what is left after the recent financial crisis that has not been righted in your opinion? >> well, the regulations associated and the specifics of how various financial instruments will be treated and regulated are still under negotiation. the treatment of how bankruptcy proceedings will affect the rights of creditors is still up in the air. there are still many areas of dodd frank there were left for studies, commissions and further review that haven't happened. everyone in new york, we have two-thirds of the biggest hedge funds are here in the metropolitan region, and they are wondering how the tax decisions will affect them. there is a whole range of uncertainty about what the roll-out of the regulations will do. and that, i think that has a role in retarding investment and job creation in the economy. that you got many financial people standing on the side. i think its had a role in making credit slow to come back for small business and home buyers.
. >> so they are a u.s. government employee. >> yes. >> what is left after the recent financial crisis that has not been righted in your opinion? >> well, the regulations associated and the specifics of how various financial instruments will be treated and regulated are still under negotiation. the treatment of how bankruptcy proceedings will affect the rights of creditors is still up in the air. there are still many areas of dodd frank there were left for studies,...
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and the sticking point concerns whether the u.s. is going to be made responsible for giving compensation to loyalists his property has been confiscated during the war. most of the other american negotiators are okay, but benjamin franklin will not give in on this point. he says, if you grant compensation i'm not going to sign the treaty. we have to keep fighting the war. and it anticipates his later act of property related. the two rarely ever meet again. at think these family divides do matter, and i do think what i think about most is that getting into the personalities and into the individual experience is important for explaining how history has operated. >> he said that this is the first book about the loyalist exile, refugee what to you feel should be the second book? not necessarily by you, but somebody else. someone else picks up from where you left off, what would you like to see the next book on this topic tonight. >> that is a great question. i think -- well, one thing that needs to be written up in a better form is what
and the sticking point concerns whether the u.s. is going to be made responsible for giving compensation to loyalists his property has been confiscated during the war. most of the other american negotiators are okay, but benjamin franklin will not give in on this point. he says, if you grant compensation i'm not going to sign the treaty. we have to keep fighting the war. and it anticipates his later act of property related. the two rarely ever meet again. at think these family divides do...
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the u.s. and european countries are on track. >> host: it's almost as if there's a couple of different books in one book. there is your story of the decline of the west, your story of the rise of the east and the lines are going to cross. >> guest: i think this is you can argue there's an absolute part for short talking about the west and its isolation and issues going out there and going in an amazing time and other european economies have done the unthinkable moving hundreds of millions of people out of poverty so this is going to naturally be able to question as well. >> host: let's talk about what is going wrong in the west. >> guest: first of all its important that in terms of the context of my work i talk about the unintended consequences, things that sound like a good intentions but actually yield bad outcomes and what i have done is to focus on the three key ingredients economists focus on as the drivers of economic growth and there is a capital that is basically money, labor that is t
the u.s. and european countries are on track. >> host: it's almost as if there's a couple of different books in one book. there is your story of the decline of the west, your story of the rise of the east and the lines are going to cross. >> guest: i think this is you can argue there's an absolute part for short talking about the west and its isolation and issues going out there and going in an amazing time and other european economies have done the unthinkable moving hundreds of...
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where it is in the u.s. is likely have completely split. the u.s. used to be more free-market oriented, but we are the ones who beat the so-called stimulus and quality defeasing and the europeans are the ones being more frugal. what happened? >> guest: this is a big question and i think we will have to see who wins next year. my personal preference is if you can't afford it, but that you're in expenditure especially if you have issues around revenue, raising revenue. people look around the united states and i've seen a number of papers that are to 45% of americans don't even pay federal taxes already. so this is an unsustainable situation. the prices of the inflation and where the oil is right now, those types of pressures are going to mean something has to give, and the less prepared the policy is in the united states in terms of having to, you know, tighten the belt, the more vulnerable the country is going to be to the outcome and places like greece. we don't know what's going to happen in europe. i will take britain as an example. they had a rea
where it is in the u.s. is likely have completely split. the u.s. used to be more free-market oriented, but we are the ones who beat the so-called stimulus and quality defeasing and the europeans are the ones being more frugal. what happened? >> guest: this is a big question and i think we will have to see who wins next year. my personal preference is if you can't afford it, but that you're in expenditure especially if you have issues around revenue, raising revenue. people look around...
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and yet u.s. based corporations are openly doing business with get coffee and libya and have been since george w. bush made it legal in fact if you go online you can find a guidebook for u.s. companies written by the state department the department commerce and settled and doing business in libya commercial guide for u.s. companies as well be called here's how to get rich doing business with a brutal dictator one person instrumental in normalizing business relationships with libya back in two thousand and eight was david welch a u.s. diplomat under george w. bush after succeeding in opening doors to libya's markets welsh went on to become the vice president of back to tell a corporation that is currently building a new car plant in guess where libya talk about a revolving door even in a nation like iran american corporations find a way a tech company honeywell has received twelve billion dollars in federal contracts but has been routinely doing business in iran of creating petroleum factories and
and yet u.s. based corporations are openly doing business with get coffee and libya and have been since george w. bush made it legal in fact if you go online you can find a guidebook for u.s. companies written by the state department the department commerce and settled and doing business in libya commercial guide for u.s. companies as well be called here's how to get rich doing business with a brutal dictator one person instrumental in normalizing business relationships with libya back in two...
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the u.s. has 5% of the world's population and over 25% of the world's prison population. that is a big part of the equation. i am not waiting for superman, but somebody might be. if you look at the conditions of our schools, our schools have not been restructured, have been left alone to become the perfect feeder to prison prefatory. public schools are designed -- if you have any spirit, the spirit of a claudette colvin, they do not want to adapt to you. folks always ask, where are our leaders? they are in rikers island, san quentin, some of the greatest minds which had not found a space to tap into their genius. that is a big part of what has happened. not talking about the prison industrial complex as well as the military industrial complex. rikers island has 1400 people -- 14,000 people. i worked at a high-school that had a mural on the wall. there was a figure, a man dressed in green, split in two. the front have has a gun, a rifle in his hand, military fatigues. the back half has the prison inmate uniform. on top it says choose your dream. so those are your options.
the u.s. has 5% of the world's population and over 25% of the world's prison population. that is a big part of the equation. i am not waiting for superman, but somebody might be. if you look at the conditions of our schools, our schools have not been restructured, have been left alone to become the perfect feeder to prison prefatory. public schools are designed -- if you have any spirit, the spirit of a claudette colvin, they do not want to adapt to you. folks always ask, where are our leaders?...
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people they attract poor people with their prominence of economic opportunity and in the case of the u.s. the ability to get around without a car for every adult. some of that is my research on and public transportation and the fact that many build a new subway stop party rates go up near the stock. does that make people pour? it is impoverishing the people? of course, not. those are attracting poor people who do not have a car for every adult who needs to get around. in the developing world come this city's provided more important party and ghandi talked about the importance of the future is in the villages. it is in the city's the way they connect with the outside world and it is unquestionably true that life is enormously difficult that none of us would want to live for a day little-known many years but there are still reasons why people come there. it still beats the end deprivation in brazil and beats living in a world where time seems to stand still and cities provide that promise. does not mean that they do not create challenges that they are close enough to exchange ideas we coul
people they attract poor people with their prominence of economic opportunity and in the case of the u.s. the ability to get around without a car for every adult. some of that is my research on and public transportation and the fact that many build a new subway stop party rates go up near the stock. does that make people pour? it is impoverishing the people? of course, not. those are attracting poor people who do not have a car for every adult who needs to get around. in the developing world...
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also, a discussion on u.s. involvement in libya and terrorism fears with mike baker a former cia covert operations officer. and they look at congressional funding for the national flood insurance program with ben mckay. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. monday, president obama is going to deliver a speech on libya from the national defense university in washington d.c. he will give an update on the situation there including actions the u.s. has taken with allies and partners, and the transition to a nato command and control. that is the president's speech on libya monday night at seventh 30 p.m. eastern live here on c- span and c-span radio. -- 7:30 p.m. eastern like you're on c-span and c-span radio. >> senators are home working in their districts. that gives you a chance to catch up on debates in the first few months of the 110th congress. they're all on line at c-span goes a congressional chronicle which time lines and transcripts of a recession. sort by
also, a discussion on u.s. involvement in libya and terrorism fears with mike baker a former cia covert operations officer. and they look at congressional funding for the national flood insurance program with ben mckay. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. monday, president obama is going to deliver a speech on libya from the national defense university in washington d.c. he will give an update on the situation there including actions the u.s. has taken with allies and partners,...
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also a discussion on u.s. involvement in libya and terrorism fears with a former cia covert operations officer. later, a look at congressional funding for the national flood insurance program with ben mckay. that is live at 7:00 a.m. here on c-span. monday, president obama is going to deliver a speech on libya from the national defense university in washington. he will give an update on the situation there including the actions the u.s. has taken with allies and partners and the transition to nato command and control. that is the president's speech on libya monday night live here on c-span. >> as protests continued in the middle east and as nato starts to take control of operations in libya, find latest from the u.n. security council administration and reaction from world leaders. the library is searchable on your computer any time. watch what you want, when you want. >> we had to act so quickly on saturday. it was not possible to bring forth as much arab support as would have been welcomed. the clear support
also a discussion on u.s. involvement in libya and terrorism fears with a former cia covert operations officer. later, a look at congressional funding for the national flood insurance program with ben mckay. that is live at 7:00 a.m. here on c-span. monday, president obama is going to deliver a speech on libya from the national defense university in washington. he will give an update on the situation there including the actions the u.s. has taken with allies and partners and the transition to...
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we look at why it's so hard to call the next one as a new report today urges the u.s. to be ready. >>> and farm to fork. how do you make chicken exciting? would you believal fall that? it's good, and really easy, according to one of america's best chefs. see how on tonight's plate list. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," march 30th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. well, when americans watch reality tv, we aren't really looking for models of good behavior. but lately the bad behavior you see on some tv shows has sunk to a new level. in the old days, think 1993, mtv's "real world," a cast member could be expelled for getting physical. now it's almost as if the shows want the cast to brawl, scratch and scrum. but the question is, how is watching them fight each other affecting us? here's andrea canning. >> reporter: it's the disturbing brawl between two teenage girls caught on tape by their friends, looking on and even egging them on to keep fighting. what was
we look at why it's so hard to call the next one as a new report today urges the u.s. to be ready. >>> and farm to fork. how do you make chicken exciting? would you believal fall that? it's good, and really easy, according to one of america's best chefs. see how on tonight's plate list. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," march 30th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm...
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the three largest metropolitan areas in the u.s. produced 18% of our country's output while containing only 13% of our country's population. the connection between urbanization and economic prosperity is even stronger in the developing world. if you compare those countries with more than 50% of the population living in urban areas with those that have less than 50% of the population living in urban areas you will find more urbanized countries are more than five times more prosperous, five times richer. they also have infant mortality levels that are one-third as i. they also the people who describe themselves as being more satisfied with their lives and their jobs. cities are the path out of poverty into prosperity for so much of the world. we've seen the success of places like new york not just in terms of their income. cities are fun, green, healthy. they are exciting places to be where the magic of human interaction tends to make a place so much more exciting. the idea behind this book, the reason, the claim the book makes for wh
the three largest metropolitan areas in the u.s. produced 18% of our country's output while containing only 13% of our country's population. the connection between urbanization and economic prosperity is even stronger in the developing world. if you compare those countries with more than 50% of the population living in urban areas with those that have less than 50% of the population living in urban areas you will find more urbanized countries are more than five times more prosperous, five times...
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now the u.s. navy is racing to the rescuexd about to return and u.s. is flying in 5 giant pump from the navy base and deliver enormous amounts of water after helicopters sprayed water to no avail. martha tonight with the latest on this disaster. >> one expert told us it is like using a squirt begun to put out a forest fire. japanese fire truck using riot control water hoses to tackle red hot nuclear reactor. helicopters swooping overhead dropping bucket after bucket. every effort falling short. but here is the encouraging news. japanese plant operators have connected a new electric power line to the plant. this entire crisis began when the power was knocked out. if the japanese lift the switch for the critical water pump to cool the reactor don't work then it is american pump to the rescue. the pentagon has shipped high pressure pump but no u.s. personnel. once again the japanese will have workers willing to risk their lives operating them. today for the first time a close-up look at how dire things are. you can see reactor 3. charred and billowing ste
now the u.s. navy is racing to the rescuexd about to return and u.s. is flying in 5 giant pump from the navy base and deliver enormous amounts of water after helicopters sprayed water to no avail. martha tonight with the latest on this disaster. >> one expert told us it is like using a squirt begun to put out a forest fire. japanese fire truck using riot control water hoses to tackle red hot nuclear reactor. helicopters swooping overhead dropping bucket after bucket. every effort falling...
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the u.s. and european countries are back on track. >> host: it's like a couple different books in one book. there's the story of the decline of the west, the rise of the east, and the basic premise of the lines are going to cross. >> guest: you can argue there's an absolute part for sure talking about the west in isolation and what the issues are going on there, and then, of course, we live in an amazing time of china and other emerging economies have done the unthinkable, moving hundreds of thousands of people out of poverty. of course, that's answering the ire relative question as well which is what i've done in the book. >> host: let's start by talking about what's going wrong in the west. >> guest: sure. first of all, i think it's really important in terms of context of my work, entalk about unintended consequences, good intentions, but yields bad outcomes. what i've done in the book is focus on the three key ingredients. those are capital, basically money, labor, which is basically the wo
the u.s. and european countries are back on track. >> host: it's like a couple different books in one book. there's the story of the decline of the west, the rise of the east, and the basic premise of the lines are going to cross. >> guest: you can argue there's an absolute part for sure talking about the west in isolation and what the issues are going on there, and then, of course, we live in an amazing time of china and other emerging economies have done the unthinkable, moving...
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with the u.s. saying whether it was going to have this hijacked or not, whether it's hijacked or not, one thing that is, i think, irreversible is that there is going to be a free press in all these countries. that is irreversible. and that... whatever the government says, that free press is going to demand a better implementation of agreement between israel and the arab countries. i understand that israel is buying egyptian guards cheaper than the egyptian consumer and 40% cheaper than the jordanians. i don't think the egyptians would like to... >> rose: well, there have also been stories that people in gaza were paying a lot more for things that came from israel than the people of israel were paying for them. >> well, that's inside israel, inside the occupation. but the egyptians are going to say how come we sell our goods to a neighbor-- no matter how friendly they are-- than to another neighbor, jordan, or to ourselves. that's very difficult to justify. >> would you speculate that it's more like
with the u.s. saying whether it was going to have this hijacked or not, whether it's hijacked or not, one thing that is, i think, irreversible is that there is going to be a free press in all these countries. that is irreversible. and that... whatever the government says, that free press is going to demand a better implementation of agreement between israel and the arab countries. i understand that israel is buying egyptian guards cheaper than the egyptian consumer and 40% cheaper than the...
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and as u.s. workers continue to fight for their rights but new seems to be battling facts we're well let's call it create a fiction but wait what was that home treason in wisconsin. and promoting democracy or is it regime change the case of one u.s. contractor convicted in cuba is shedding light on how your tax dollars are being spent abroad and exposing the darker side of u.s. meddling under the guise of human rights. he says it's nothing for someone who wants to get it but with the well you got to know that it's their first take it to some of the most secretive places in new york the ones that the government would rather you not know about. it's tuesday march eighth five pm here in washington d.c. i'm lucy catherine of and you're watching our t.v. well the actions of wall street have triggered the economic crisis making states struggle with budget gaps all over the united states one such statements johnson has seen people rise up to resist having to pay for the mistake. they themselves did not
and as u.s. workers continue to fight for their rights but new seems to be battling facts we're well let's call it create a fiction but wait what was that home treason in wisconsin. and promoting democracy or is it regime change the case of one u.s. contractor convicted in cuba is shedding light on how your tax dollars are being spent abroad and exposing the darker side of u.s. meddling under the guise of human rights. he says it's nothing for someone who wants to get it but with the well you...